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How many of you have interesting ancestors?I'm sure there has to be a few big-name descendants around.I know a little on my paternal grandfather's side - initially leaving France, and helping to…Continue

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"Er... not particularly.
For that to be effective, the hormone treatment would likely have to be given during fetal development when it could more thoroughly effect structural brain development, as well as other physiological developments.
It would…"

"As a medical professional, I can tell you that surgically constructed sausage-wallets differ widely from the free-range variety. Or... narrowly? Shallow?
Hrmph.
Let's just say that when attempting to determine a source of vaginal bleeding on…"

"That's a suspect claim, since the majority of industry, transportation, and population resided in the North.
Agriculture isn't much of a "tax base." Especially when a good chunk of the population was human property, not tax…"

"Well, for one they had a few with the Manliest chin in Hollywood, Bruce Campbell, a few years back.
Not to mention, Old Spice was one of "Dad's Colognes."
The Old Spice Whistle is my message alert on my phone, everyone knows it."

"Maybe his game is to say what the other candidates can't, so that it's platform... but it's not?
Kind of a red herring to get the base fired up.
Which... is funny. The strategists always talk about "firing up the base." The…"

"3/4 siblings in my family have college degrees and earn at least 3 times what our parents did.
If the "American Dream" is dead, it's because the Americans who haven't achieved are too busy dreaming to achieve.
Gawd, that…"

"Bah. Tripe.
Even attempting to account for "healthcare costs."
Smokers die sooner on average, and incur less cost in healthcare over time than people that live longer, healthier lives. They are also at lower risk for Alzheimer's and…"

"You do know how loosely the courts have played interstate commerce before?
For squashing Jim Crow, a business that purchased anything that came from out of state and resold it was classified as being involved in interstate commerce."

"Precisely. And that is exactly what the freedom of religion clause is for - so that the Catholics can't tell the Baptists what to do through law, nor the other way around... well that and the history of the churches in Europe..."

"In essence, we haven't driven hate out; we've driven it into hiding, and made it more dangerous?
I suppose... in a sense.
We've also become selectively apathetic to expressions of hate - so warning signs go largely ignored... and…"

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"I read both traditional paper books but I also enjoy reading on an iPad. I enjoy the feel and smell of traditional books as well as the experience of shopping for them at bookstores and going to libraries. However, I do like the flexibility of…"

"An image of your stand up desk would be most helpful.
Various sizes would indicate different placements of monitors, keyboards, printers.
Is the stand up desk solely a computer station or is it also a writing/reading desk?
I found, over the course…"

"A basic mistake.
Socrates is a man.Plato is not Socrates.Therefore Socrates is not a man.
Students in my class are expected to turn in assignments.Joe is not a student in my class.Therefore Joe is not expected to turn in assignments.
Surely we need…"

""The definition includes "actions befitting a man." Notably, it does not say "actions not befitting a woman". Overlap is allowed, without upending the definition."
As long as we're all on the same page. I just…"